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December 6, 2021
I spent Saturday in some Advent solitude, hopefully having prepared at least a tiny part of my self for Christmas. I brought with me two trusted and dear friends: Greg Boyle and Mary Oliver. Greg Boyle (the Jesuit priest who runs Homeboy Industries in L.A.) wrote a new book during the pandemic, and I had received it as an early Christmas gift. The title is The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness, and the first line reads: “Nothing is more consequential in our lives than the notion of God we hold.”
Well…
December 3, 2021
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December 3, 2021
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December 2, 2021
I was a little mystified when, in mid-November, I got an email ad announcing 25% off the price…
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December 1, 2021
By Sister Marietta Wethington
Do you like Advent? It is my favorite liturgical season. I like its symbols, rituals and rich vocabulary. Advent comes in December, the darkest month of the year. The word advent means coming. What is coming? Who is coming? The light of the world is coming. Jesus is coming. Why is Jesus coming? To dispel the darkness from our hearts, our world and to give hope.
November 28, 2021
Advent is a season of waiting. We wait with Joseph and Mary for the coming of the Christ child. We wait for the inbreaking of God into the human family. We wait, radically, in a culture that prioritizes control and instant gratification.
In the words of Henri Nouwen:
November 28, 2021
Happy Feast Day! Today, November 28th, is the day the Roman Union of Ursuline Sisters was founded.
November 27, 2021
You might be forgiven for thinking that it is Christmas time. Shopping, lights, carols and the general hustle and bustle of a commercialized holiday season are already upon us.
The Church year however begins on Sunday with a different season … Advent.
It is a time of expectant waiting for the coming of God with us. A pause. An opportunity to be.
I don’t know about you, but I especially need Advent this year. My spirit yearns for the rhythm.
November 26, 2021
Here's an article that really helped me to think through the "Well, it's complicated...what could I do?" that occurs when we members of the dominant "colonial/settler" culture begin to wrestle with racism and its systemic impact on Indigenous peoples. Being an ally involves actions, not merely words or hopes.
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November 25, 2021
Season 4, Episode 10 of Messy Jesus Business, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “When I say everyone belongs,…
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November 25, 2021
Happy Foundation Day of the Company of St. Ursula!
486 years ago today, on November 25, 1535, St. Angela Merici founded the Company of St. Ursula which became the Ursuline sisters.
November 24, 2021
To Paradise now may the angels bring you, and may the martyrs now come to meet you on your way, and may you be led into the holy city Jerusalem. All the choirs of angels make you welcome there, and with Lazarus once so ill and poor, may peaceful joy be now forever yours. ~In […]
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November 24, 2021
Thanksgiving also offers us a place to explore different meanings and perspectives on celebrating gratitude. Here are some excellent resources from a mailing list to which I belong.
November 22, 2021
Chix with Stix, a group of knitting enthusiasts, enjoyed another visit to Maple Mount on Nov. 19, 2021. The women gathered in the Mount Saint Joseph Auditorium to share their accomplishments with each other and enjoy each other’s company. Here are some photos.